Minty writes: >is there anything sensible I can do to tweak the disk IO a bit? cat /proc/ide/hda/settings Ensure that the "using_dma" field for your drive is set to 1. If not, turn DMA on using hdparm. Tet -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at gllug.org.uk http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug